{"id":309481,"date":"2024-03-29T07:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T12:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=309481"},"modified":"2024-03-31T22:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T03:56:45","slug":"minnesota-lt-gov-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/minnesota-lt-gov-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Disgusting’: Social media users react to state official’s March Madness abortion bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every year, millions of people participate in March Madness, an NCAA single-elimination basketball tournament. Using brackets, people select winners and compete against other fans to see whose bracket will win. Now, this activity has been exploited by a pro-abortion politician, who took advantage of the opportunity to promote abortion.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan shared her brackets<\/a> on X (formerly known as Twitter), but explained she picked the winners in each round based on the level of abortion support in each state where the school is located. “I filled out my brackets based on whether those schools are located in a state that protects access to abortion care,” she said. “By this measurement, it\u2019s only fair that Minnesota didn\u2019t make the tournament because they\u2019d have been a favorite for the title.”<\/p>\n

Flanagan further explained that she used Planned Parenthood \u2014 the nation’s largest abortion business \u2014 to determine just how pro-abortion each state is.<\/p>\n

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I filled out my brackets based on whether those schools are located in a state that protects access to abortion care. <\/p>\n

By this measurement, it\u2019s only fair that Minnesota didn\u2019t make the tournament because they\u2019d have been a favorite for the title. pic.twitter.com\/nFQ5FKwFHG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (@LtGovFlanagan) March 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n